Bob Kennedy
Robert Daniel Kennedy
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 193 lb.

Born: August 18, 1920 in Chicago, IL
High School: Morgan Park (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1939
Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: April 7, 2005 in Mesa, AZ
Relatives: Father of Terry Kennedy
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1939 CHW AL 18 3B 2 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.50 .950 3.05
1940 CHW AL 19 3B 154 533 178 322 33 25 .938 3.25 .937 3.12 MVP-23
1941 CHW AL 20 3B 71 258 88 153 17 12 .934 3.39 .948 3.19
1942 CHW AL 21 3B 96 320 99 207 14 17 .956 3.19 .938 3.03
1942 CHW AL 21 OF 16 34 31 2 1 0 .971 2.06 .976 2.31 13-0-3
1946 CHW AL 25 OF 75 173 157 10 6 1 .965 2.23 .977 2.24 59-12-4
1946 CHW AL 25 3B 29 106 19 77 10 6 .906 3.31 .950 2.89
1947 CHW AL 26 OF 106 219 204 8 7 3 .968 2.00 .979 2.35 14-1-91
1947 CHW AL 26 3B 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.90
1948 TOT AL 27 OF 80 103 96 5 2 1 .981 1.26 .976 2.36 27-0-53
1948 CHW AL 27 OF 30 66 61 3 2 0 .970 2.13 .976 2.36 25-0-5
1948 CLE AL 27 OF 50 37 35 2 0 1 1.000 0.74 .976 2.36 2-0-48
1948 CLE AL 27 2B 2 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 4.50 .978 5.40
1948 CLE AL 27 1B 1 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 3.00 1.000 9.20
1949 CLE AL 28 OF 98 204 190 12 2 4 .990 2.06 .980 2.27 1-0-98
1949 CLE AL 28 3B 21 58 13 44 1 4 .983 2.71 .959 2.95
1950 CLE AL 29 OF 144 311 294 13 4 3 .987 2.13 .979 2.34 0-10-138
1951 CLE AL 30 OF 106 189 174 9 6 2 .968 1.73 .977 2.23 1-0-105
1952 CLE AL 31 OF 13 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 .979 2.18 1-5-8
1952 CLE AL 31 3B 3 13 1 12 0 1 1.000 4.33 .954 2.97
1953 CLE AL 32 OF 89 93 91 2 0 0 1.000 1.04 .981 2.18 42-2-52
1954 TOT AL 33 OF 22 17 164.1 41 40 0 1 0 .976 -1.9 -13.9 -1.9 -0.2 -1.7 0 2.19 1.82 .978 2.39 2.17
1954 TOT AL 33 LF 13 12 103.2 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -2.1 -24.3 -2.1 -0.3 -1.8 0 2.00 1.77 .979 2.27 1.93
1954 CLE AL 33 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
1954 CLE AL 33 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1954 BAL AL 33 3B 71 59 551.1 226 81 131 14 10 .938 -2.6 -5.7 -1.6 -2.3 0.7 -1 3.46 2.99 .960 3.48 3.07
1954 BAL AL 33 OF 21 17 163.1 41 40 0 1 0 .976 -1.9 -14.0 -1.9 -0.2 -1.7 0 2.20 1.90 .978 2.39 2.17
1954 BAL AL 33 LF 12 12 102.2 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -2.1 -24.5 -2.1 -0.3 -1.8 0 2.02 1.92 .979 2.26 1.93
1954 BAL AL 33 RF 9 5 60.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 4.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 2.37 1.78 .975 2.05 1.82
1955 TOT AL 34 3B 56 32 335.2 112 32 73 7 10 .938 -1.8 -6.4 -1.8 -0.4 -1.4 0 2.82 1.88 .951 3.17 2.73
1955 TOT AL 34 OF 34 27 213.2 43 43 0 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -15.2 -2.7 -0.7 -2.0 0 1.81 1.26 .981 2.40 2.08
1955 TOT AL 34 RF 30 27 199.2 45 44 1 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -13.8 -2.3 -0.5 -1.8 0 2.03 1.50 .980 2.05 1.73
1955 TOT AL 34 1B 9 6 57.0 58 54 4 0 7 1.000 -0.8 -16.8 -0.8 -0.3 -0.5 0 9.16 6.44 .990 9.63 8.17
1955 BAL AL 34 OF 14 12 90.2 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -9.3 0.3 -0.1 0.4 -1 2.68 1.93 .981 2.40 2.08
1955 BAL AL 34 RF 14 12 90.2 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -9.3 0.3 -0.1 0.4 -1 2.88 2.07 .979 2.05 1.73
1955 BAL AL 34 1B 6 5 52.0 51 47 4 0 6 1.000 -0.6 -13.8 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 0 8.83 8.50 .990 9.62 8.17
1955 BAL AL 34 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 3.60 2.70
1955 CHW AL 34 3B 55 32 334.2 112 32 73 7 10 .938 -1.8 -6.5 -1.8 -0.4 -1.4 0 2.82 1.91 .951 3.17 2.73
1955 CHW AL 34 OF 20 15 123.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -19.5 -3.0 -0.6 -2.4 1 1.17 0.80 .981 2.40 2.08
1955 CHW AL 34 RF 16 15 109.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -17.6 -2.6 -0.4 -2.2 1 1.32 1.00 .981 2.05 1.73
1955 CHW AL 34 LF 4 0 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -34.3 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 0.64 0.25 1.000 2.25 1.78
1955 CHW AL 34 1B 3 1 5.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 12.60 2.33 .986 9.72 8.17
1956 TOT AL 35 3B 33 25 241.0 88 39 41 8 5 .909 -5.8 -28.9 -5.8 -4.0 -1.8 0 2.99 2.42 .951 3.22 2.78
1956 CHW AL 35 3B 6 4 32.0 7 4 3 0 2 1.000 -1.3 -48.7 -1.3 -1.2 -0.1 0 1.97 1.17 .943 3.21 2.78
1956 DET AL 35 OF 29 20 191.1 58 52 2 4 0 .931 2.3 14.4 1.3 1.9 -0.7 1 2.54 1.86 .979 2.34 2.04
1956 DET AL 35 3B 27 21 209.0 81 35 38 8 3 .901 -4.5 -25.8 -4.5 -2.8 -1.7 0 3.14 2.70 .952 3.22 2.78
1956 DET AL 35 LF 21 15 133.1 44 41 1 2 0 .955 3.3 29.7 2.3 2.4 -0.2 1 2.84 2.00 .977 2.10 1.69
1956 DET AL 35 RF 9 5 58.0 14 11 1 2 0 .857 -1.0 -20.7 -1.0 -0.5 -0.5 0 1.86 1.33 .979 2.09 1.80
1957 BRO NL 36 OF 9 4 43.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -16.7 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 0 0.84 0.44 .975 2.28 2.07
1957 BRO NL 36 LF 8 4 42.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -17.1 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 0 1.07 0.63 .980 2.04 1.71
1957 BRO NL 36 3B 3 2 21.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -51.4 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 2.57 2.00 .950 2.96 2.70
1957 BRO NL 36 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
13 Seasons OF 821 68 612.1 1496 1400 63 33 14 .978 -2.9 -5.7 -3.9 1.1 -5.1 1 21.50 1.78 .979 2.37 2.26 204-30-601
12 Seasons 3B 540 118 1149.0 1727 555 1067 105 90 .939 -11.1 -11.6 -10.1 -6.7 -3.4 -1 12.70 3.00 .945 3.33 3.02
4 Seasons (incomplete) RF 49 37 319.1 75 71 2 2 0 .973 -3.1 -11.6 -3.1 -0.9 -2.2 0 2.06 1.49 .979 2.06 1.76
4 Seasons (incomplete) LF 46 31 293.0 74 70 1 3 0 .959 0.2 0.8 -0.8 2.0 -2.9 1 2.18 1.54 .978 2.16 1.77
2 Seasons 1B 10 6 57.0 61 57 4 0 8 1.000 -0.8 -16.8 -0.8 -0.3 -0.5 0 9.63 6.10 .990 9.63 8.27
1 Season 2B 2 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 4.50 .978 5.40
16 Seasons TOT 1373 192 1818.1 3293 2016 1139 138 113 .958 -14.8 -9.8 -14.8 -5.9 -9.0 1 -1 15.62 2.30 .919 3.20 2.61 204-30-601
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1939 CHW AL 18 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1940 CHW AL 19 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CHW AL 20 76 76 76 0 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0
1942 CHW AL 21 113 113 113 0 0 0 0 96 0 13 0 3 16
1946 CHW AL 25 113 113 113 0 0 0 0 29 0 59 12 4 75
1947 CHW AL 26 115 115 115 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 1 91 106
1948 CLE AL 27 66 66 66 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 48 50
1948 CHW AL 27 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 5 30
1949 CLE AL 28 121 121 121 0 0 0 0 21 0 1 0 98 98
1950 CLE AL 29 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 138 144
1951 CLE AL 30 108 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 105 106
1952 CLE AL 31 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 8 13
1953 CLE AL 32 100 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 2 52 89
1954 BAL AL 33 106 76 106 106 0 0 0 0 71 0 12 0 9 21 19 1
1954 CLE AL 33 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
1955 CHW AL 34 83 48 83 83 0 0 3 0 55 0 4 0 16 20 16 9
1955 BAL AL 34 26 17 26 26 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 14 14 8 0
1956 DET AL 35 69 41 69 69 0 0 0 0 27 0 20 0 9 29 17 2
1956 CHW AL 35 8 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1957 BRO NL 36 19 6 19 19 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 1 9 6 6
1957 CHW AL 36 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
16 Seasons 1483 192 1483 1483 0 0 10 2 540 0 203 30 601 821 71 20
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 BAL AL 33 2388 58% 77% 24% 216 84% 4 78 61 5 12 124 100 15 2 5 14 0 10 4 10 9 3 2 6 1 0 1 20 45%
1955 CHW AL 34 1472 60% 79% 27% 111 86% 0 31 22 5 4 74 60 11 0 4 7 0 6 1 7 11 6 1 7 3 2 1 8 63%
1955 BAL AL 34 4 25% 75% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 DET AL 35 926 60% 76% 23% 81 80% 1 34 27 5 2 37 28 6 3 1 8 0 8 0 6 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 8 50%
1956 CHW AL 35 144 63% 78% 19% 4 100% 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1957 BRO NL 36 90 68% 73% 27% 4 100% 0 3 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 5024 59% 78% 24% 417 84% 5 151 116 15 20 239 189 34 5 11 29 0 24 5 23 25 13 3 17 4 2 2 36 50%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 BAL AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 211 60% 81% 30% 25 40%
1955 CHW AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 5 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 17 10 58.8% 6 1 5.9% 0 481 58% 77% 26% 35 46%
1955 BAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 2 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 0 411 64% 80% 27% 42 69%
1956 DET AL 35 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 1 278 65% 75% 26% 26 46%
1957 BRO NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60% 100% 40% 0
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 15 7 1 10 2 0 2 1 0 6 2 0 7 6 0 40 18 45.0% 21 1 2.5% 1 1386 62% 78% 27% 128 52%
MLB Averages 44.0% 3.1% 63% 79% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 BAL AL 33 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 16 10 62.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 476 61% 80% 30% 54 43%
1954 CLE AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 100% 67% 0% 0
1955 CHW AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 59% 72% 35% 6 17%
1956 DET AL 35 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 6 0 6 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 7 7 0 24 18 75.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 608 65% 74% 27% 81 52%
1957 BRO NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 176 64% 77% 30% 9 56%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13 10 0 14 5 0 3 3 0 3 1 0 10 10 0 43 29 67.4% 14 0 0.0% 1 1320 63% 77% 29% 150 47%
MLB Averages 56.3% 2.2% 63% 79% 30% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 BAL AL 34 232 50% 75% 19% 17 94% 0 48 6 41 1 8 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1955 CHW AL 34 21 67% 81% 38% 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 253 51% 75% 21% 17 94% 0 55 6 48 1 8 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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